Near the east end of Leyden, an eastbound BNSF manifest is holding the main at Leyden. The exact reason for stopping was not apparent as the train had an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) signal... (more)

Stack over Two Medicine
It’s autumn, but snow has already coated the jagged peaks in Glacier National Park. On October 8, 2018, a BNSF stack train crosses the oft-photographed Two Med... (more)

A long CSX M492, with the new CSXT 1869 leading, holds in pouring rain at the Marshville siding for CSX M583 at last light.

On the afternoon of July 6, 2023, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local hauls eleven cars downgrade out of Winston for the lime plant at Townsend, Montana. It’s raining, but I still shot the local ... (more)

Conpit Storms: As a nasty thunderstorm falls over Johnstown, PA in the distance, manifest train NS 39G heads west through Conpit out of the rain and toward Pittsburgh.

It’s almost 6 p.m. on a cool Montana winter eve at Trout Creek on February 5, 2023. A trackside fire helps warm us up a bit as the “blue hour” descends upon the Clark Fork River Valley. The ... (more)

After the passage of a thunderstorm on the afternoon of July 6, 2023, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local growls up Winston Hill under dark skies as it approaches the top of the hill at Winston, Mo... (more)

On June 24, 2023, Montana Rail Link’s bridge spanning the Yellowstone River near Reed Point collapsed as the railroad’s Laurel to Missoula freight crossed it, sending ten cars into the drink a... (more)

Santa Fe Livesl On the high desert of Utah, the Comstock Iron Mine uses a small fleet of ex. ATSF C44-9Ws to haul iron ore down the steep 2.5% grades of the mine railroad to an interchange ... (more)

A high priority stack train moves east across the Two Medicine River at East Glacier Park Village with Glacier National Park as a backdrop. It was raining, hailing and sunny on this dramatic day.

A Norfolk Southern intermodal train, lead by an EMD SD70ACe, heads west on the Sang Hollow Extension near Seward / New Florence, PA. Excellent storm lighting was present for this scene, as a thund... (more)

A rare morning thunderstorm, currently over the City of Boulder, creates some amazing contrast in the sky as partly cloudy skies dominate to the east over the plains. Under the unusual skies, we f... (more)

A grain train rolls east down the BNSF Clovis Subdivision as a thunderstorm moves across the distant sky in Bodega, New Mexico.

Fresh Paint Westbound 5 climbs the tunnel district at Crescent, CO with 164’s first run with new Heritage Paint.

The conductor minds the first of two cattle gates that the Harrison local negotiates as it approaches it's namesake destination. A wintry mix approaches from the mountains.